Multistrain infections of the grass Brachypodium sylvaticum by its fungal endophyte Epichloe sylvatica

New Phytologist

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 355-368

  Meijer, Gert ^a   Leuchtmann, Adrian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brachypodium sylvaticum; Endophyte; Epichloe sylvatica; Population structure; Reproduction; Symbiosis; Transmission mode

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; GRASS; SYMBIOSIS;

BRACHYPODIUM SYLVATICUM; EPICHLOE SYLVATICA;

EID: 0032939889     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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